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Author:

Grob, Gerald N., 1931-

Title:

The mad among us : a history of the care of America's mentally ill / Gerald N. Grob.

Publisher:

Maxwell Macmillan International,

Copyright Date:

c1994

Description:

xi, 386 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Mentally ill--History.--United States--History.
Psychiatry--United States--History.
Mentally ill--United States--Public opinion.
History--Care--History
United States
Psychisch gestoorden.
Psychiatrie.
Malades mentaux--Histoire.--États-Unis--Histoire.
Psychiatrie--États-Unis--Histoire.
Malades mentaux--États-Unis--Opinion publique.
Mental Disorders--history--United States.
Psychiatry--history--United States.
Mental Disorders--therapy--United States.
Public Opinion--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-368) and index.

Contents:

Caring for the insane in Colonial America -- Inventing the asylum -- The emergence of American psychiatry -- Realities of asylum life -- The problem of chronic mental illnesses, 1860-1940 -- A new psychiatry -- Depression, war, and the crisis of care -- World War II and the new models of mental illnesses -- The foundations of change in postwar America -- The new frontier and the promise of community mental health -- Confronting the mad among us in contemporary America.

ISBN:

9780029126950
0029126959

LCCN:

93040806

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

JAAX771 -- Faith Baptist Bible College - John L. Patten Library (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

W7AX771 -- Urban Campus (Des Moines)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OPAX566 -- Southeastern Community College - Keokuk - Fred Karre Memorial Library (Keokuk)

DAPG173 -- Mason City Public Library (Mason City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

PGAX715 -- Northwest Iowa Community College Library - Sheldon (Sheldon)

RFPC397 -- Stuart Public Library (Stuart)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)